Meter-register.



No. 836,820. PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

L. H. NASH. 1

METER REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1904.

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L. H NASH. METER REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1904.

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LEWIS HALLOOK NASH, OF sourn NORWA'LK, oonnnocriouir, Assieuoa TO NATIONAL METER COMPANY, OF New YORK-N. Y., A coaroaa TION OF NEW YORK.

To all whom it may cq ia-gfirm Be it known that I,Lnw1s HALLooK NASH, a citi'zenof the United States, and a resident of South Norwalk, in the county of Fairlieldand State ofConnecticut; have invented a new and useful Improvement in Meter-Registers, of'which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description.

. My invention relates to an improvement in the manner of incasing the mechanism constituting the registering portion of the meter.

' In the accompanying drawings '1 have shown my invention embodied in the form at present preferred by me but it will be un derstood that various modifications and changes may-be made without departing from the spirit of my invent-ion and without exceeding the scope of my claims. The'following is a description of the said drawings,

- in which siihilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the fi ures.

termechanism is'composed of a base F and a ture involving my improvement.

the straight-reading type.

Figure 1 is asectional elevation of a struc- Fig. 2 is a section taken at right'angles to Fig. 1, but with the meter sectional plan.

' A is the upper casing of the measuringcblome K, of glass, hermeticallysealedto said ase.

G is the register, which I have shown as of This register is ndriven .by the shaft I, upon the lowerend of 3 which is fixed the permanent magnet J within the field of the magnet C.

L is a rotective cover attached to the meter-case y means of the screw M and pro- 'vided' withthe o ening-O and the cover N.

It forms a shoul er-P over the base-plate of the chamber containing the register mechanism and holds it in place.

As far as I amaware, the case inclosingthe register mechanism of a water-meter-has al- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application-filed August 6, 1904. Serial No. $19,706.

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- ways been rigidly fastened to themeter-ioase.

In the-structure described, however, the case of the register mechanism is independent of the case and is not rigidly or directly fasw tened thereto. After the meter is connected with the main the case of the register mechanism may therefore be turned through any desired angle to facilitate readings. The

axis of rotation should always coincide with that of the members J and G. I have at?- tained this result in the particular" it e shown by making the base-plate F circu ar, resting in a circular depression in the head I). This result might be attained in various ways obvious to those skilled inthe art.

My improvement is in no way limited to the particular device shown nor .to that eneral class inv which motion is transmitte by means of a magnetic field, for it might be a plied with the same good results even in t is meters in which a shaft extends from the measuring-chamber up into the registeringchamber. I

Thereforewhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is"

I 1. In a water-meter the combination with the case thereof, of a chamber containing the independent of the meter-case combined with a case inclosim" said chamber and securin the same in pi ace.

.2. n a water-meter, the combination with the case thereof, of a hermetically-sealed chamber containing the register mechanism, said chamber being a closure independent of the meter case and capable of movement with respect'thereto when the parts are assembled.

3. The combination with a meter of aregistering mechanism, and a hermeticallysealed case forcontaining said mechanism, said case and mechanism being free to be turned to any desired angle relative to one another.

4. The combination with a meter of diiegistering mechanism, a hermetically-sealed 8o. register mechanism being a complete closure f containing said mechanism, both the case and mechanism being free to be turned to any sngie relative to one another, 2i mogne connecteci with and revolved by the meshsft anti within the meter-chinnber and 21 second nnignct within said sealed case, inc A $8 n10 red by said first nni-gnet to opi he registering mecl'ienisin.

The combination with a meter, of n registering mechanism, and it plurality of nested casings enveloping said registering mechanism, one of said casings being hermetically Sfifllfiii and movable relative to the metercasing.

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S. in it 1118 the combination with the case thereof, oi registering mechanism mounteri upon said ease, and. a plurality of nested casings enveloping and covering the registering IIiEGilttlllSlll, one of said casings being hermeticsiiy sealed and rotatable relative to meter-case.

.' ins wntennieter the combination with I portion, of e piste mounted to sneeze inner casing enveloping sziid registering mech anism, said inner casing being hermetically sealed to the base-plate.

9. In a water-meter the combination of a hermctically-senled closure containing a registering mechanism, tt magnet within. said closure connected to the registering mechanism, s meter-case, a magnet within the me ter-cese adopted to operate the magnet of the register.

10. In at water-meter the combination of a chamber, a. complete registering mechanism arranged within. said chamber, a magnet within said chamber, and connected to the registering mechanism, a meter-case independent of the registraring-mechanism chamber and it magnet inthe meter-case coopersting with the magnet 0f the register.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my 8.1116 in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEWIS HALLOCK NASH.

Witnesses:

E. Pon'rnn, S. i). Yniiron, Jr. 

